A New Handbook of Literary TermsYale University Press, 1 okt 2008 - 368 pagina's A New Handbook of Literary Terms offers a lively, informative guide to words and concepts that every student of literature needs to know. Mikics’s definitions are essayistic, witty, learned, and always a pleasure to read. They sketch the derivation and history of each term, including especially lucid explanations of verse forms and providing a firm sense of literary periods and movements from classicism to postmodernism. The Handbook also supplies a helpful map to the intricate and at times confusing terrain of literary theory at the beginning of the twenty-first century: the author has designated a series of terms, from New Criticism to queer theory, that serves as a concise but thorough introduction to recent developments in literary study. Mikics’s Handbook is ideal for classroom use at all levels, from freshman to graduate. Instructors can assign individual entries, many of which are well-shaped essays in their own right. Useful bibliographical suggestions are given at the end of most entries. The Handbook’s enjoyable style and thoughtful perspective will encourage students to browse and learn more. Every reader of literature will want to own this compact, delightfully written guide. |
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... fiction stories and films , from H. P. Lovecraft to the Alien movies , the monster that must be abjected ( that is , somehow escaped or defeated ) is frequently an amorphous , vaguely maternal , looming and terri- ble presence : " one ...
... Fiction in the Aristotelian Tradition ( 1986 ) . In The Reach of Crit- icism ( 1983 ) , Paul Fry opposes Aristotle's tradition to that of Longinus , the theorist of the sublime . ars poetica Literally , “ art of poetry ” : a summary ...
... Fiction ( 1992 ) . catharsis Aristotle in the Poetics ( ca. 330 BCE ) states that tragedy " effects through pity and fear the proper catharsis of these emotions ” ( Ch . 6 ) . The question for readers of the Poetics concerns the meaning ...
... Fiction ( 1970 ) . character Kharakter is the Greek word for a mark or stamp : and , by exten- sion , a distinctive feature . The character is also a genre , beginning with the 54 CHARACTER Greek author Theophrastus ( ca. 372–287 BCE )
... fiction . The flat character — one without mystery , sim- ple , palpable , and self - contained — reassures us of ... fictional being as there can be . As we turn pages , we pursue , inexhaustibly , a person who fascinates us , and who ...